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Social Networks and Peer Effects on Academic Performance |
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| Creator | San Sampattavanija |
| Title | Social Networks and Peer Effects on Academic Performance |
| Contributor | Pacharasut Sujarittanonta |
| Publisher | Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University |
| Publication Year | 2559 |
| Journal Title | Southeast Asian Journal of Economics |
| Journal Vol. | 4 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 141-157 |
| Keyword | peer effects, academic performance, spatial autoregressive, endogenous effect, social networks |
| URL Website | http://www.econ.chula.ac.th/public/publication/journal/sajehome.php |
| Website title | Southeast Asian Journal of Economics |
| ISSN | 2465-5120 |
| Abstract | Peer effects in educationeffects of peers' academic outcomes or characteristics on a student's academic outcomeshave been studied extensively but there is still no consensus on peer effects under university settings. This paper attempts to estimate peer effects on undergraduate students' GPA using a spatial autoregressive model with individual-specific social interactions in a group setting to separate endogenous peer effects from contextual peer effects. We conduct a survey of students' social networks to identify different types of peer groups: best friends, study groups, hangout groups and activity groups. We find positive and significant endogenous peer effects in all group types except best friends. The endogenous peer effect in study groups is the largest. This is intuitive since interactions in study groups may be aimed at improving academic performance whereas interactions among best friends may be more personal and thereby have no effect on academic outcomes. |
